[Avodah] What's the Truth About Sheva Berachot?

[Yitzchok Levine]

Rabbi Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky's column Legal-Ease that appears 
regularly in Jewish Action Magazine discusses this topic in the most 
recent issue of this publication.  In part he writes

Misconception: A newly married
bride and groom are required to participate
in sheva berachot (festive
meals) each day for seven days.

Fact: There is no obligation to have
festive meals during the week following
a wedding celebration. However, if
the chatan (groom) and kallah (bride)
participate in a festive meal made in
their honor in which certain conditions
are satisfied, sheva berachot,
seven blessings, should be recited.

Please see 
http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rmiller/truth_sheva.pdf for the 
rest of the article.  (I can hear the caterers complaining already!)

Yitzchok Levine 
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